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This final chapter of this volume considers what lessons, if any, have been learned over the past five decades of security at the Olympic Games. As in the previous chapters, there are considerations about the future and what influence history will have on security preparations for the Olympic Games.
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For an analysis of the Boston bombings and counter-terrorism see, Rohan Gunaratna and Cleo Haynal, “Current and Emerging Threats of Homegrown Terrorism: The Case of the Boston Bombings,” Perspectives on Terrorism 7, no. 3 (2013): 44–63. Anne Speckhard analyzes the Tsarnaev brothers in “The Boston Marathon Bombers: The Lethal Cocktail that Turned Troubled Youth to Terrorism,” Perspectives on Terrorism 7, no. 3 (2013). Several articles detail the role of social media in spreading information and misinformation following the explosion. See, Kate Starbird, Jim Maddock, Mania Orand, Peg Achterman, Robert M. Mason, “Rumors, False Flags, and Digital Vigilantes: Misinformation on Twitter after the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing,” in iConference 2014 Proceedings (2014): 654–662.
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Duckworth, A. (2022). Conclusion. In: International Security and the Olympic Games, 1972–2020. Palgrave Studies in Sport and Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05133-3_9
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